I got for the Brain Surgery - turns out it's haunted.
It seemed a little strange when I unwrapped it - the ring menu contained nothing you'd want to announce a visitor: electro drum 'n' bass, rickety piano, cartoon car parps, swanee whistle - everything except ding dong.
I settled on a tinny cascade called 'peel of bells' but even that had consequences, prompting one patient to recall a '60s sitcom that no-one had ever heard of. To boost our memories she re-enacted the opening sequence and would've done the entire first series but someone said 'oh - that show' and I was able to show her into the consulting room.
Today the haunted doorbell started randomly playing bits from it's repertoire of bizarre sounds.
Maybe it's the plug socket that's possessed
A Homage to Harmsworth.
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The start of Jonathan Parry’s very enlightening LRB review of The Chief:
The Life of Lord Northcliffe by Andrew Roberts (1 December 2022; archived):
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5 hours ago
YIKES! i think the only person who rings our doorbell is the FEDEX guy or maybe the postman, if i have to sign for something! i don't even remember what it sounds like! *wandering off to ring the doorbell* xoxoxox
ReplyDeletethat's the thing about doorbells, normally they just sound 'doorbell-ey' and you don't notice them xxoo
DeletePerhaps you could just tack up a paper sign urging people to yell 'DING DONG!'
ReplyDeleteAlso, please elaborate on the paranormal powers of this doorbell.
that's what used to happen before I installed the doorbell - people just yelled through the flap. Didn't want to know what would happen next so have given it to the church for exorcism
DeleteI would like a doorbell that played random selections from The Doors.
ReplyDeletehahaha - I want Dave Edmunds to come and sit in the hallway singing 'I hear you knocking (but you can't come in)'
DeleteI want to know which sit-com it was. I love a game of charades!
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something about a family which always started which them introducing themselves by ringing the doorbell - sounds great doesn't it?
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